Author : William Herbert Page
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365599456
Total Pages : 1090 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (994 download)
Book Synopsis The Law of Contracts, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) by : William Herbert Page
Download or read book The Law of Contracts, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by William Herbert Page and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Law of Contracts, Vol. 2 The formal contract is an obligation which owes its validity not to consideration, nor in some cases, as in contracts of record, to the agreement of the parties, but solely to the form. Of the transaction. There is an inclination to explain the contract of record on the theory that the law implies an agreement and presumes a consideration.1 Such an explanation is of course a gross anachronism. The formal contract at Common Law antedated the executory simple contract, and was enforceable by reason of its form long before consideration was thought of as having any place in the law of contract.2 At Common Law primary rights were classed with reference to the form of actions by which they were enforced. Accordingly we find that as the action of debt would lie on a record and the action of covenant on a sealed contract, both were classed as contractsf' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
